A string of property sales could be a sign Aussie actor Guy Pearce is cutting ties with his home town.

Pearce is selling his Middle Park, Melbourne, home for about $9 million, just months after putting the double-fronted, brick Edwardian dwelling up for rent at $3500 per week.

The new listing comes just over a year after he sold his country hideaway at Beremboke, near Geelong, for $1.27 million – $70,000 more than he’d paid for it almost 12 months beforehand.

Unlike the Beremboke house, Pearce’s Middle Park dwelling has been a part of his property portfolio for decades; he acquired the initial Middle Park property for $361,000 in 1995, and bought the neighbouring house in 2004 for $1.35 million.

The homes were then redesigned to connect.

The sales come amid reports the Geelong-raised actor no longer calls Australia home.

‘Our safe haven’

Pearce’s Sydney-based agency did not provide comment, and refused to confirm whether the actor is still based in Australia.

He has spent a lot of time overseas, having made a successful transition from Neighbours to local films like 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, to international productions such as L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech and Iron Man 3.

Although the actor’s latest project, Disney+ series, The Clearing, was filmed in Victoria last year, he reportedly resides in the Netherlands with his partner, Dutch actor Carice van Houten.

The couple have a son, born in 2016, and van Houten showed off their colourful shared home to Elle Decoration in 2022.

Carice van Houten showed off the eye-catching Netherlands home she shares with Guy Pearce. Photo: Elle Decoration

The Game of Thrones actor explained she left behind Amsterdam for an idyllic countryside life a short drive away.

“My life has been quite restless until now. I was always on the road,” van Houten said.

“This has to be our safe haven, where we find rest.”

Pearce took control of the structural changes to the newly purchased home – but that doesn’t mean he was a fan of all the design choices.

“In one of our meetings, he uttered the legendary words, ‘It’s like Katy Perry on speed’,” interior designer Nicole Dohmen said.

“So that idea didn’t make the cut.”